Friday(GOLD) October 31, 2025

Friday(GOLD) October 31, 2025

Homework:  Due on Tuesday SQ3R 109-118

Circle: Are you going Trick o Treating and if you are what are you wearing.  If not, what was your most memorable costume?

Check Homework: 98-106

Activity: Endocrine System in the classroom.

Activity: Amygdala- Free Solo

Activity: Review the learning targets.  What do you feel good about?  What do you need to work on?

Activity: Introduce the Brain- What is wrong?  How do you know?

Activity: Weird disorders- Based on what you know about parts of the brain you will be come an expert and try and figure out why people have the ability or disorder

Tuesday(GOLD) October 28, 2025

New Table Activity- Hollywood is going to make your costume...

Circle: Worst Halloween candy?

Check: Get out homework

Behavior/Brain Scenario's

Homework: SQ3R98-104 

Exit Ticket: On your own: Based on your current mood what neurotransmitters do you feel like are are causing you to feel this way?

Monday(GREEN) October 27, 2025

Monday(GREEN) October 27, 2025

Circle: Worst Halloween candy?

Check: Get out homework

Behavior/Brain Scenario's

Exit Ticket: On your own: Based on your current mood what neurotransmitters do you feel like are are causing you to feel this way?

Friday(Gold) October 24, 2025

Friday(Gold) October 24, 2025

Circle: Which one- Incredible singing voice or incredible dancer?

Behavior/Brain Scenario's

Exit Ticket: On your own: Based on your current mood what neurotransmitters do you feel like are are causing you to feel this way?

Homework: TBA

Tuesday(Gold) October 21, 2025

Tuesday(Gold) October 21, 2025

Circle: Research colleges and chose one you are going to visit.  What did you choose and why did it interest you?  What questions do you have?

Get out homework:  Review analogy and decide which one is the easiest one to understand?  Easiest one gets to choose who presents.

Get out neurotransmitter worksheet: Watch 2 minute neurotransmitter and 2 minute Neuron

Activity: With your group, share out your neurotransmitter and record the others at your table.  Using that information, make a diagnosis from the scenario's as to which one to you think applies to your neurotransmitter.

On your own: Based on your current mood what neurotransmitters do you feel like are are causing you to feel this way?

Homework: In the classroom

Friday(Gold) October 17, 2025

Friday(Gold) October 17, 2025 

Circle: Do you believe in love at first sight?  Do you have a type?

Quiz: The Neuron

Activity: Neurotransmitters

Activity: Love at First Sight?

Mind Body Connection Activity:  We know that everything psychological is simultaneously biological. What implications can you draw about the brain and its structure from the following three examples:  In groups of three what are some of the implications of the following information?

Shawn Achor Video

Harvard Study

NPR Story:
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/09/29/444451363/childhood-stress-may-prime-pump-for-chronic-disease-later

ACES Video

Your ACE's score: Does it surprise you?

Image of Neuron

What did we get through?-

Circle

Quizzed

Shawn Achor Extra Credit

Started but did not finish Neurotransmitter Activity

Did not read and discuss Love at First Sight article

Assigned homework in the classroom- 2 minute and worksheet

Wednesday-Green October 15th, 2035

 Wednesday-Green October 15th, 2035

Circle: Do you think you are a good judge of character?

Activity: Picture

Who do you think is the kindest person?  “Why did you pick that particular person? What experiences or biases shaped your perception?”

Which person would you go to honest advice?  “How quickly did you decide? What influenced that judgment?”

If you were going to ask one of them for directions to a place you were looking for who would you ask?  Why that particular person?  What do you think influenced you?

The Brain with David Eagleman

2 Minute Neuroscience: The Neuron

Questions

Neuron Slide Show

Neuron Project

Thursday October 9th Green

Thursday October 9th

Check Homework

New Seating Chart and Activity. You will be designing, and building and flying a paper airplane with you new group.  1.  You will first do introductions and explain if you are an introvert or an extrovert.  2. You will come up with a plan to make sure that everyone is included in the building and designing of the plane.  3.  You will be asked how you made sure that everyone had a say in how the plane was designed and built and how the sensory, motor neurons and interneurons interact to throw the paper airplane.  Your plane will be judged on distance with the 1st, 2nd and 3 place are getting a prize!

Circle: A new artist(or new to you) that you currently listen to?

Introduce the Brain-

1. Sensory Neurons

2. Interneurons

3. Motor Neurons

Brain is a prediction machine? 

Activity: Neural Transmission Time

Activity: Touch the Weenus

Activity: Catch a dropping dollar

Activity: Messing with your interneurons- Reversed hands

Movie: David Eagleman- The Brain

Wednesday-Gold October 8, 2025

Wednesday-Gold October 8, 2025

Circle: Who is the funniest member of your family?

Activity: Picture

Who do you think is the kindest person?  “Why did you pick that particular person? What experiences or biases shaped your perception?”

Which person would you go to honest advice?  “How quickly did you decide? What influenced that judgment?”

If you were going to ask one of them for directions to a place you were looking for who would you ask?  Why that particular person?  What do you think influenced you?

2-Minute Neuroscience

Questions

Neuron Slide Show

Neuron Project

Tuessday October 6th (Green) and 7th(Gold)

Thursday October 2nd(Green) and 3rd(Gold)

Homework: SQ3R pages  91-95 for Wednesday

New Seating Chart and Activity. You will be designing, and building and flying a paper airplane with you new group.  1.  You will first do introductions and explain if you are an introvert or an extrovert.  2. You will come up with a plan to make sure that everyone is included in the building and designing of the plane.  3.  You will be asked how you made sure that everyone had a say in how the plane was designed and built and how the sensory, motor neurons and interneurons interact to throw the paper airplane.  Your plane will be judged on distance with the 1st, 2nd and 3 place are getting a prize!

Circle: One thing you did outside this weekend?

Introduce the Brain-

1. Sensory Neurons

2. Interneurons

3. Motor Neurons

Brain is a prediction machine? 

Activity: Neural Transmission Time

Activity: Touch the Weenus

Activity: Catch a dropping dollar

Activity: Messing with your interneurons- Reversed hands

Movie: David Eagleman- The Brain